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MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1940
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WEDGE DRIVEN INTO LIBYA
British Warships Heavily Bombard Bardia
Italian Warship Badly Damaged In Naples Raid
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It was officially claimed in Rome yesterday that the Italian submarine Neghelli torpedoed and sank a British cruiser off Egypt.
At the same time it was admitted that British air raids on Naples caused many casual- ties and heavily damaged an Italian warship in Naples harbour-International News Service.
BLOCKADE
Broken Italian Remnants Strafed
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· IT WAS OFFICIALLY revealed in Cairo yesterday that the British · blitzkrieg in the North African desert has driven a powerful wedge straight into Libya, while British ́"planes and warships are constantly hammer- ing the fleeing Fascists and are pounding the bases which they are trying to reach.
The naval phase of the operations comes to the fore with the announcement that war-
UPSETS BRAZIL'S ships heavily bombarded Bardia, while naval
'planes raided Tripoli and destroyers sank an
AMOUR-PROPRE Italian submarine.
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IT WAS EXCLUSIVELY revealed to In- ternational News in Washington yesterday that the United States is making strenuous efforts to mediate in the Anglo-Brazilian dis- pute regarding the undisclosed detention at Gibraltar of a million dollar Brazilian cargo. The cargo consists of German-made mili- tary and railway supplies.
CANADIAN
MINISTER
SURVIVES
It is understood that Mr. Cor- dell Hull and Mr. Sumner Welles, Secretary and Under-Secretary of State, respectively, are seeking to effect a compromise as the Ad- ministration is apprehensive lest the Brazilian anti-British reaction spread throughout Latin-America, thus weakening hemispheric aid to
Britain,
Sharp naval battles were fought off the coast when swarms of Ita- llan torpedo-boats attacked Bri- tish vessels.
the
'Planes cooperated with troops in strafing broken Italian rem- nants stampeding through gorges between Bollum Bardia International Service.
NOT A BOMB
ON BRITAIN
ALL DAY
and The daylight hours of
Nowa
ITALIAN SUBMARINE
SUNK
The Italian submarine Naiade has been sunk by British destroyers, states
It is learned that Brazil. has a communique from appealed to 20 other American the Commander-in-Chief,
republics to support her in a pro- test against the seizure, which, it is claimed, is contrary to inter- national law and is a violation of the British pledge..
In Torpedoed Barter Arrangement
Liner
The cargo, comprising the re mnant of a huge instalment of German goods bartered for Brazi Mr: C. D. Howe, Cana-lian coffee before the European dian Minister
Muni- was loaded in the Brazilian liner Sequero" at Lisbon on Nov.
tern Prince
tions and Supply who was 20. on board the British liner- Brazil claims that previously
Britain had promised the Brazil the an Embassy in London to clear
the cargo, but later held the ship dient, at Gibraltar International Nows Ser
as torpedoed
vealed yest
day by
Lors
Canadian Hewe had
rescued.
Travelling with Mr. Howe on viale:tő k lon "ward: Mr. E.
Mediterranean, received by the Admiralty in Lon- don last evening.
The submarine attempted to interfere with operations which British naval forces are continu- ing along the coast in support of the Army between Sidi Barrani: and Bardin.
'E-bdate :atso attacked, a naval --unit but, without success and
the attack was driven off.
Naval participation in the at- tack on Bardin is revealed by the communique, which says, a night bombardment of that part was carried out with successful re- sults, Reuter.
Seral Munitions. Production, Co- WEATHER REPORT
lonel W. Cue Woodward, member of Mr. Howe's «depart- The Royal Observatory reports ment, and Mr. Gordon Scott,thát a moderate anticyclone covers finanolat adviser to Mr. Howe's the whole of China and in in- department,
creasing in intensity...
A trough of low. pressure :: Ex-
Caroline Inlands.
No mention is made of their tends from the Visays to the
Reuter,
fate
GREEKS SLASH THROUGH
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The Greeks, slashing through the Italian posi- tions with fierce bayonet attacks, yesterday tight- ened their grip of steel on Chimara in a successful thrust which threatens the last remaining de- fences in southern Al- bania.
was
Inter-
heavily bombed and set on fire. Simultaneously. Tepelini Sunday passed without à The imminent loss of Chimara single bomb being drop- abandonment of Valona.
and Tepelini ・ would mean the ped in any part of England but nightfall brought the capital the usual alert.
national News Service.
London and the north-east town bath being clear of raiders Main weight of the night raid,
before midnight. Relatively few bombs fell in however, appeared to be cen London and although many fire centrated on a town in north bombs and high explosives were east. England, though towns the south-west were also visited. the attack was on nothing
in dropped on the north-east town, like The widespread - enemy. alr the scale of earlier provincial activity last night ended early, "blitz" raids-Reuter.
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